This time, Lü Tu entered the city through the south gate as before. Zhou Tong, also a member of the Zhou family, was guarding the city. When he saw Lü Tu leading Zhou Yabing, who was bound hand and foot, Zhou Tong was startled!
After the last incident, he dared not stop Lü Tu again and hurriedly sent someone to inform Zhou Taishan.
Lu Tu did not enter the city immediately. Instead, he ordered his men to put away their swords and just show off their power outside. Once inside the city, they still had to follow the rules to avoid giving others cause for criticism.
After all, he was in the right, and he couldn't let the other party find something to use against him.
The group made their way through the streets and alleys to the Commandant's residence. When they arrived at the gate, the guards asked nervously, "Lu Tu? What are you doing here?"
After briefly recounting the events, Lü Tu cupped his hands and said, "Brothers Sun Meng and Sun Kuang were ambushed by them and are still unconscious."
The guards of the Commandant's Office had a good relationship with the Sun brothers. Hearing this, they were furious. They already looked down on Zhou Yabing, a spoiled brat, and now that they saw Lu Tu had the guts to tie up Zhou Yabing and come to complain, they hurriedly ran in to report.
Before long, a guard came out to announce: "Brother Lü, the Commandant wants you to take some men in."
Lu Tu looked at Nie Yun: "You take your men and wait here. I'll be right back."
Nie Yun knew that following them in wouldn't make any difference, so he could only obey Lü Tu's orders: "Yes, sir!"
Lu Tu and the guards pushed Zhou Yabing and his soldiers into the Commandant's Mansion.
Still in the training ground, I saw Commandant Yun Tian.
At this moment, Yun Tian was dressed in casual clothes, drinking tea with a gloomy expression. When Lü Tu and his group came over, his gaze swept over Lü Tu and Zhou Yabing with sharp, knife-like eyes.
Only then did he speak, "Why did you tie up Zhou Taishan's son?"
Lu Tu stepped forward and said, “Reporting to the Commandant, I had some disagreements with Zhou Yabing in the past. Today, he actually had his soldiers disguised as bandits to ambush and kill Sun Meng and Sun Kuang on the way. Now his men have confessed. Please investigate thoroughly, Commandant.”
After listening, Yun Tian's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he looked at Zhou Yabing with murderous intent: "Is what he said true?"
Zhou Yabing repeatedly explained, "Commander, this is all Lu Tu's side of the story. You must stand up for me!"
Yun Tian ignored him and looked directly at Zhou Yabing's men, saying seriously, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
The soldiers glanced at the captain, then at Lu Tu, before mustering their courage to say, "What Captain Lu said is true. We were indeed ambushed by Captain Zhou, who used the captain's orders to impersonate bandits and ambush Sun Meng and Sun Kuang. Then we captured and killed more than twenty passersby on the road and framed them."
Someone immediately added, "We are always border troops. When Zhou Yabing asked us to do this, of course we refused. But he threatened to cut our monthly wages if we didn't. I have elderly parents and young children to support, and we really can't afford to eat. That's why I was confused and fell for his trick. Please spare our lives, Captain!"
"Please spare our lives, Commandant!" More than twenty soldiers knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy.
Zhou Yabing was about to retort with curses, but Yun Tian glanced at him indifferently and he choked back his words. Only then did he realize that he had caused trouble, and his legs began to tremble involuntarily.
Yun Tian looked at Lü Tu and asked, "What do you want me to do with him?"
Lu Tu cupped his hands and said, "I am a rough man and do not understand the law. I just want to seek justice for my brothers. They are all good young men who have earned military merits. They should not have been injured like that by their own comrades who are also from the border army!"
Yun Tian nodded after hearing this. Earlier today, Sun Meng and Sun Kuang had come to him to report on the progress of Lü Tu, but they were seriously injured by Zhou Yabing's men.
Even when beating a dog, one should consider its owner, let alone the fact that Sun Meng and his brother were sent out by his own commandant. He glanced at Zhou Yabing and thought to himself, how could Zhou Taishan have such a stupid and clumsy son?
He shouted sternly, "Fighting among your own kin, impersonating bandits, and assassinating a meritorious general—Zhou Yabing, do you acknowledge these three crimes?"
Zhou Yabing knelt down with a thud, crying with tears streaming down his face: "Sir, I will never dare to do it again!"
Yun Tian declared loudly, "According to the laws of the Great Yu Dynasty, he should be executed!"
At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside: "Commander, spare his life!" The person who came was Zhou Taishan, the Commandant of the Po Rong School.
Zhou Taishan barged in alone. Before he arrived, he didn't know what was going on, only that it was very urgent.
As soon as he entered the Commandant's Mansion, he heard Yun Tian's verdict, which terrified him. He never expected that Zhou Yabing, that fool, would cause such a big disaster!
He knelt on one knee, clasped his hands, and said, "My lord, it is my fault for failing to discipline my son and indulging him, which led him to commit such a grave mistake. But I beg you, in consideration of my many years of service in battle, to spare his life. My Zhou family has only had one son for three generations, and I had him late in life..."
Yun Tian's voice was icy: "Spare his life? If we open that door, wouldn't it mean that everyone in our border army can kill each other from now on?"
Zhou Taishan knew this principle, but he had to protect Zhou Yabing, mainly because he had been injured on the battlefield a few years ago and was no longer able to have children. He did not want his family line to end.
"My lord, I am willing to take the punishment in place of my wicked son, Zhou Yabing. Please, in consideration of my many years of service, show leniency!"
Lu Tu remained silent throughout, without even glancing at Zhou Taishan. He knew that speaking up to sow discord at this point would be pointless, and he didn't expect Yun Tianzhen to be able to kill Zhou Yabing directly.
After all, killing someone is no easy task, especially since Zhou Taishan is Yun Tian's beloved general. Lu Tu's purpose in doing this was mainly to make a statement and show Zhou Taishan that he was not someone to be trifled with! If you want to provoke him, you'd better think twice, or you'll only have endless trouble in the future.
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